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MHD simulations of plasma dynamics in pinch discharges in capillary plasmas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 May 2001

N.A. BOBROVA
Affiliation:
Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, B. Cheremushkinskaya str. 25, 117259 Moscow, Russia
S.V. BULANOV
Affiliation:
General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilov str. 38, 117942 Moscow, Russia
D. FARINA
Affiliation:
Istituto di Fisica del Plasma, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, via Roberto Cozzi 53, 20125 Milano, Italia
R. POZZOLI
Affiliation:
Istituto di Fisica del Plasma, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, via Roberto Cozzi 53, 20125 Milano, Italia Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita di Milano, via Celoria 16, 20133 Milano, Italia
T.L. RAZINKOVA
Affiliation:
Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, B. Cheremushkinskaya str. 25, 117259 Moscow, Russia
J.I. SAKAI
Affiliation:
Laboratory for Plasma Astrophysics, Faculty of Engineering, Toyama University, 3190, Gofuku, Toyama, 930 Japan
P.V. SASOROV
Affiliation:
Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, B. Cheremushkinskaya str. 25, 117259 Moscow, Russia
I.V. SOKOLOV
Affiliation:
General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilov str. 38, 117942 Moscow, Russia

Abstract

Magnetohydrodynamic simulation results related to the capillary discharge dynamics are presented. The main physical process that should be taken into account is the ablation of the capillary wall material evaporated by the heat flux from the capillary plasma. The possible applications of the capillary discharges related to the physics of the X-ray lasers and the use of the capillary plasma to provide a guiding for ultrashort high-intensity laser pulses over a distance greater than the defocusing length are discussed.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 2000 Cambridge University Press

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